In Australia, musicians' total income actually went up last year. While the music industry still faces many challenges, there is now a world-wide push to boost artists' royalties paid by streaming services such as Spotify.

A saxophone player busks in New York: as technology transforms their industry, quite a lot of musicians are leaving the field.
Michael TappNovember 24, 2016

Australia has struggled to forge cultural ties with the Asia-Pacific region. But SBS's deal to develop an Asian Eurovision could change this - there is more to the event than music, costume reveals and wind machines.

She has been through some trying times of late, but the Madonna machine has not been derailed.
Walter Bieri/EPAMarch 24, 2016

Madonna, who attacked "sexist" criticism of her Rebel Heart tour, has always had a troubled relationship with feminism. And there is little about pop's perfectionist workaholic that is rebellious today.

Kanye functions as a mirror for the most visible and occasionally garish values of his time.
Charles Platiau/ ReutersFebruary 4, 2016

Many have long forgotten the simple fact that Kanye West is one of the greatest producers of hip-hop in its history. A decade-long six-album streak of critically acclaimed albums rivals the greatest icons of pop.